Stars in Battledress are an English musical duo featuring brothers Richard and James Larcombe. They are notable for their complex but tuneful compositions...
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Stars in Battledress (SiB) was an organisation of entertainers who were members of the British Armed Forces during World War II. In Britain, during the...
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introduced in 1940 as a blue/grey version of the British Army's Battledress. Initially, war service dress was only worn by air crew. However, in 1943, its...
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became the resident band at the Café Anglais in Leicester Square. In the Second World War they performed as part of Stars in Battledress in ENSA. After the...
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Cardiacs (redirect from Cardiac Arrest (band))
Oceansize, the Monsoon Bassoon, the Scaramanga Six, Stars in Battledress and Jon Poole's hard-rock band God Damn Whores. Between 17–19 October 2003, Cardiacs...
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Junkanoo (category Parades in the Bahamas)
this celebration worldwide, especially in the Caribbean. The elaborate masks and attire resemble Akan battledress with charms, referred to as a "Batakari"...
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Terry-Thomas (category Deaths from Parkinson's disease in England)
(ENSA) and Stars in Battledress. The experience helped sharpen his cabaret and revue act, increased his public profile and proved instrumental in the development...
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Politti, Stars in Battledress offshoot Lost Crowns, Kenny Process Team and the TV theme tribute band Dream Themes. He also played regularly in Frank Sidebottom's...
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Kavus Torabi (category Gong (band) members)
few acoustic gigs in 2002. The band failed to find a steady lineup (despite assistance from Richard Larcombe from Stars In Battledress and from Monsoon...
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becoming a scriptwriter for Stars in Battledress, an army talent show. At the end of the war he founded the entertainment magazine Band Wagon, with Norman Kark...
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To Cut a Long Story Short (category CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes))
binoculars were "meant to accentuate the battledress look and imply, I suppose, that we had the future in our sights." The band chose similar garb for their debut...
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Vera Lynn (category British women in World War II)
"Manchester Evening News". 30 October 1943. p. 4. Pertwee, Bill (1992). Stars in Battledress. London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 19. ISBN 0-340-54662-X. "Technology...
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Civil War in British khaki battledress, wearing Brodie helmets, equipped in the majority with British arms. During their participation in the Korea War...
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Tim Smith (Cardiacs) (category The Sea Nymphs (band) members)
(including his Silver Ginger 5 and Howling Willie Cunt projects), Stars in Battledress, Oceansize, William D. Drake, the Shrubbies, The Scaramanga Six and...
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Zag and the Coloured Beads (category Musical groups established in 1982)
Beads in 2006 with new members James Larcombe (keyboards, from Stars In Battledress and North Sea Radio Orchestra) and Keith Roche (drums). In 2007, Roche...
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North Sea Radio Orchestra (category 2002 establishments in England)
group, The Samphire Band, in which Craig Fortnam plays guitar. Richard and James Larcombe work together as Stars in Battledress and are frequent collaborators...
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his training he went to Egypt, Syria, Palestine and Persia, with Stars in Battledress, an organization dedicated to entertaining the troops. Later the...
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Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (category 2001 in military history)
The Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU) is the current battledress uniform of the United States Marine Corps. It is also worn by Navy personnel...
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Ken Rattenbury (category Articles lacking in-text citations from August 2020)
with Stars in Battledress, and after being demobilized lived in the English Midlands. He mostly did freelancing until he formed his own band in 1951....
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Armed Forces, the following berets are in use: The Armed Forces of the Czech Republic use berets for both battledress and display uniform. The colour of the...
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The Monsoon Bassoon (category Musical groups established in 1994)
spirit of their previous band. The first of these was Miss Helsinki, a 2003 band with Richard Larcombe (bass, from Stars In Battledress) and with James Keddie...
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playing the piano in the Mess than out on the parade ground. Next came postings to Italy, Austria, Germany and France with "Stars in Battledress" alongside Harry...
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Nat Gonella (category Dance band bandleaders)
army in 1941, and was recruited into the Stars in Battledress campaign, touring allied camps in Europe and North Africa. In February 1945 he played in RTR...
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Knifeworld (redirect from Knifeworld (British rock band))
Khyam Allami (ex-Ursa and Art of Burning Water). James Larcombe (Stars in Battledress/North Sea Radio Orchestra) played piano and Ben Jacobs (a.k.a. Max...
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Believers Roast (category Record labels established in 2009)
Roast is a record label formed in 2009 by musician Kavus Torabi, initially to only release recordings by Torabi and his band Knifeworld. The label expanded...
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Portuguese Armed Forces (category Articles lacking in-text citations from August 2020)
service dress uniform. All the three branches have a camouflaged battledress uniform in the DPM pattern (from 1998 to 2010, the Air Force used instead the...
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Foundling (Cardiacs song) (category CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes))
label associated with the Organ fanzine. It was covered by the duo Stars in Battledress for the 2010 tribute album Leader of the Starry Skies. "Foundling"...
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Plastic Doll" - Mark Cawthra "Day Is Gone" - The Trudy "Foundling" - Stars In Battledress "Will Bleed Amen" - Max Tundra featuring Sarah Measures "Shaping...
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Frank Chacksfield (category Deaths from Parkinson's disease in England)
was posted to ENSA at Salisbury where he became the arranger for Stars in Battledress, an armed forces entertainment troupe, and shared an office with...
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Danish Brigade in Sweden, where the received equipment from the British and Swedish. This meant that the Danes would wear the British Battledress as the combat...
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